Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of approvals that have been given to local authorities under the streamlining process for funding whereby developments of social housing with 15 units or fewer or of under €2 million in cost require only a single funding submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2528/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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To date, my Department has approved funding for two schemes using the single-stage approval process.

A number of other schemes, that may be advanced using this approach, are currently being discussed between local authorities and my Department, as part of the informal consultation that happens at technical level, in the development of new construction proposals.